PositiveThe RumpusLucia burns through conventional wisdom, bureaucracy, and other forms of social and institutional manipulation like, well, fire. Even in the book’s darkest moments, her self-assured moxie is powerfully uplifting. Lucia does not spare anyone’s feelings, she is not polite, she speaks her mind, and when the situation calls for it she is brave.
Alvaro Enrigue, Trans. by Natasha Wimmer
PositiveElectric LiteratureHere is how you read Sudden Death if you want to enjoy it: grease it up and swallow it down whole, with all of its inconsistencies, appreciating, above all, the enthusiasm and wonder with which Enrigue seems to approach his work ... Sudden Death is your kid brother who keeps fucking up but has a heart of gold. You can’t help but admire the audacity, even if there are moments when it feels like a disaster.
